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= згас me directly that here was the very place | be very trifling ; until April 12, when we had 11° of frost, 
have a “Belgian greenhou use,” one of those little | of iron or wood with low front, ends and top of Pins | and 6° їп the orchard- house; well, 
S йе vi window gardens that € gaining ground slowly | glass, being I esit н for about tw 
here, and which in Paris are а. constant | p. of course is counting on single аа a week or 10 days І examined them with a pocket 
ent to all sorts of rooms. AT e diffe erence of temperature cx by "the double via and H found that the stamens and pistil w 
igh up, su: pended from the window of some | roof, pos f dry air," ow, let me ask, was it frei, 
f flos wers 6 inches thick, ers deis to as much itfy?. or what was it that caused most of the 
Why si ко not my ате therefore, con- | as 12° in a Fidis pu is "digit Tebi. А diflotenos fruit. t to drop? Later blooming Pears are a better crop. 
window garden, and why shou ld ze airs as this would g immense advantages in the | B. G., Alderley Edge, Cheshire. ——l — леб а large 
10,000 e people, living in towns like he does, do the ж of growing tinet more tender flowers in ше Orchard-house at work for four or five . The trees 
same thing this w т? inter, and iti is pro " "S that the а air from bear ru a and are in pere hath, They are 
Such a great ves people are of my own opinion S built would, er these dr not муу. о Rivers's plan, but are confined to 
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ES long as a thing is тео you must gain some cumstances, quite 89 all frost Tt ceriainly would | the pot . Lanca ashire. 
thing by | having it in „you indow, к ыйы one's | do so with the aid ofa lamp hes toit rom pihe roof, Sum —I hav ead * Brantham 
prospect is aud of bare red walls, g nt, Court ” гэй said i in your last Nola, ы I beg also to 
it is clearly evident "that we have not тай © rise im Coverings, too, are To | put in a word in favour of some of the summer Roses. 
out their view. uote Mr. Rivers Ads, gr Pablo pare аге | For exhibition, and also for grand display in the 
E эло, be it observed, will not best of coverings, and lo ong ago I expe- Rosarium, the fo аты are well pog rry With the 
| grow tender Él риш they will, M Erden i lf ti g I the White Bath (тау pud on Monk 
kep half hardy things in safety, and will afford a | of 1 hed | and (еб Parfait, иі hed as а variegated Rose, 
space for many sweet spring flowers. an inch over, so as pd to Е" on to the а ey are all of iron constitution, Moss — Glo re des 
Thewayto manage this, which I think seems most | frame one wanted covered. I am not myself i —Blanche- 
practically convenient, is to have a strong wooden zinc- arpentar enneh to know how it is done, but fle eur, Prin ncess Clementine. Hybrid China— General 
Jined box, not exceeding 8 inches deep—it should be а ther is way I kno w at fastening two | Jacqueminot, Madeline, Beauffremont. For Poles— 
few inches, if possible, longer than the window ll 1 henédolé, Brennus, M. Plantier, Triomphe de Bayeux. 
each side, as this gives an арреагаћсе of much greater | the flat piece io a proper wall; the slope thus covers Hybrid Bourbon. Panl R icaut, Coupe d'Hébé, Charles 
space, while it remains, of course, perfectly well in |a folded or rolled up cover, and also prevents the rain | erras, Comtesse Molé, fine aud quite 
The box should be about 2 feet wide (that is, getting i ina at а all. istinct ; Chur iced For а Pole — Frederick 
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as half ii own length. iis must, however, remember that I have picked up, in the xin that some one шау | Boule de Na TUE Ohl, Napoleon, D'Aguesseau, 
not to go out too far for what the supports will carry. ат = Volupté, Triomphe de Jàusseus, Transon бо ubault, 
ч pports may be Tio "iore of a balcony, or it The draining this cas t by means be for- Tel, Sanchette, @Œ@illet Parfait, Siri d des 
be Disi by p It is a dreadfol 4 p^ o ind a bath р n andres 8. rode ask—La Ville de ruxelles, M. 
the groun und. e leads outside a window also are | water accumulating round ones plan and Alba—F. Parmentier, M. Аай, the only 
M Kist spit place for dos e of Prts I have Rouen in these things argues i is half the mim Чы; La Sédvisante, Queen of Denmark, Sophie 
The frame may be either fixed to- the box or | battle, even more than half. A one|de Mar peret Aus trian— Persian. Yellow, Harrisonii, 
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separate. То m separate has perhaps its advan- corner with а small pipe duo oes ac or T posts and fit for decoration. Ishould 
tages, asthen i it | i disp used for support one of these may be hollow.|be sorry о be without the Roses just named; they 
A n perhaps in very smoky places this would not | It is easy in making the lining to render the bottom of sold | ліцей, ow grandly have they bloomed 
case be practicable, and there А gb the Ше box not a жес. level апа а very slight slope is | in both my gardens! how he саду, 2 they look in the 
ганц of let letting in rain to qe Mire The 1 purpose. The water thus, if any | midst of many Morever, io 
box being prepared, E pup "et ys me hee: has | does collec 11 БУ ve this attribute—you rh ek ds for bouque 
to be made to enclos The jo joints of. this must fit| А few cis as to yon are also оь, Регһарз day after às w without дой them an injury. W. Р. 
very closely, and the lighter r the wood work consistent йш iei is any object to have green an d flowers in| Tadeisfs, npud Blandford. 
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- strikes me that о He AA а: wo em Very yp с ха blossom : ч north, though ест nt of the Gladiolus vf t the кез. e 
.. have H ары effect р: орана оп a low рег many will look g and the s liable to хна гени of the New Forest eel to my recollec 
| diculàr wooden verae in e The sides would b Ч ^ scorchings and dette — ed b the rning 8 the G. triphyllus n perlon A more 
of glass, and thus t light, and a couple of|striking on unthawed foliag any other. Mods nced by Dr. Herbert 
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- cover the little low wall thus formed. "Тһе sides|and in both стен шапу чеби will ames even | much taller plant," with yim closer together, and 
would be also glazed to fit the slope of the front, and | from Christmas ards. with E d zn narrower leaves. This, if I mistake 
one of these ought to ope out with hinges,| The plants Dx йош and the arrangements for | not, is the mon Corn Flag of Italy, and ws 
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r frame fits to the front, and is provided with uev "e cm) —From your description of this|is larger than all those above-named, and has 
TOng t would a appea "зист а E sem of bead deeper coloured flowers, numerous, and affectimg 
"da or else is secure int gav u when I a distichous arrangement—quite a distinct plant; 
the ем sash. ашыш, йе em p ore hono» Té лет di was mans to ads d out of egre moreover it has green sheaths to the leaves, while 
p ise the windows open as doors In |10 specimens put in I was only able to save the frag- | segetum has иол; Ri which sign they may be 
however, i be done effectually. The | ments'of two. One of these I now send you. distinguished above-ground. б. comnunis 
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chief thing is to e thoroughly any [саде be- | of growing only 2 feit | in height it is üsually 4, and | has broader ind dinh ыд leaves, а flowers 
tween {һе window e RÀ me, as dryness is i than the others, and blossoms earliest. б. segetum 
winter a great енн. of succe on the top of the as It flowers during the hottest |has a pretty variety, G. калг rsoni, raised in the 
The long sash sloping from the top could doubtl g | Chelsea garden; it has nee w variegated d and undu- 
more easily be made watertight where it joins the wall, | of August. ~ I rather suspect it to be the grea at great | lated segmente. ja © né Ша S di 
but it must be remembered that extra length gives in | grandmother of L. e sum. «pa tigrinum is the | said to grow n Gallicis, near the heb near the 
Winter a larger space for radiation, and unless arrange- с» usually eaten by the natives both in Japan and Rhine, abou t Worm rms, but ndi X ch of the above they 
са be made for covering it at night this would | China. R. Fortune may be referred I am igno Probably ours is one 
à difficulty, асрар dius: —1 am glad to see reports both as | of these елау кое шоро plants, The Isle of 
а sides es have to be fi glazed frames also. | to success and failure x orchard houses in your loire oie seems to be partly — into the 
the orco rus fring a are best made in | columns, for I am of opinion that as much is learned ооду a à he eathy country r all ro und Southampton , 
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reed having one whole side open out on iiM from the one as from the prs Let us hope that 
an old-fashioned lat ttice window, While a single zem nid of "orehard-honses will briefly give, us their grim. —Having. heard Pse many quar! 
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"p—just as a hot-bed frame does—if the эбе» Sentier у in future. " Having 4 ну ааты Беа the finest I ever remember. The quantity of 
M i got at from outside, and а | that if possible I would succeed with trei in pots, I|fruit has been enormous, and the quality everything 
йм Мат of netting i» Е: gauze fastened over the paid every "e both to the trees, t could be desired. is one Charles Napier 
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height of ы нив width of about 2 feet, and a trees rape under my care in March 1860. They were | quantity s the same b ricus is also a 
sloping therefro, 18 to 24 inches in front, the roof|then in 9-inch pots, which cda full of roots. I n" kind and a ropper nd so is 
bar when the e half s window, or to the cross- айка toit ùp to the rims, and put a goo ^ s Rifleman, wiel le borne fruit ibs year 
Points window. open door- -WAys. Two great acp of manure — udi oÉ them. That year, | 35 ба in diam car arge 
question Wy did pretty well; V October | quantity of fine Ban que fruit, but. "the favour 
As to th of double e glazing, at least for the roof | of the e year te es were чү, tted according to | is not goo Empress Eugenie is a great 
e sort of glass, several d MM to be сона: Prim were giv better things were | and E, fruit romani: B fine ML Lu! Eu the 
Price ves gree of light and warmth, | expécted x id i puo a Well, Plums | flavo not quite 
Бы Deeds le, and size of press The | were bett abundant crop, and in some the] large kinds. preci you how. - 
hy Mr, Riv glass is that chiefly: аут геги | Pears tie. ^ an capiendis but Жесе, Nect: Гем awberri rries grow on our soil, I send you мен 
much Шы for orchard houses, and that applies | rines, s, Apricots, and Cherries were worse. rI|ofthis vindi, a last year's runner; "all the caper : 
heated, The. little greenhouses, as ey. " sio uh ly to **pinch," and ~ P- 5 and as nearly the same size as possible. The гиппе 
much thi е 16-02, glass is cheaper, of c > all last summer, p thought that surely pegged down in the ground, and planted În the 
views, тугу, artleys rough plate н out аду I d oM. pd orate а of a in 1862. е pots | 25 feet apart every way in August X 
while admitting were well ll filled w ith roots, and the wood см we ell each plant 1 has borne about half a peck of fine large 
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abe еч less essential vm the | po ith d y lea in April No manure was з dug i in when бе 
ди отет, like to w their and recie with straw. Earl in 2 Me ch I br nted, but 
ide hio ono " ne large pane, Ату ге | them out of the leaves, En them with soft бар, hotbed was ее Over the beds in March. Henry 
ка зав СЕ ка хыс = яма а Брав, and tobacco-wa = гт vem the bed , E, 
€ r (opening nearest the front ven! ано ard-house season her re, and 
it would ie: a diei eue which is а Jean-to 108 feet pes E ru ide 1 11 feet |I believe in tùis шу quls and even in France, 
9 these little window greenhouses would high at back, and 3 feet high аб front. A and the fruit, with a few 
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